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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Thursday, May 26, 1977 Beds Of All Colours, Shapes, Sizes Attract Y { 1 " 9 [4 . M \ h 9 * 2 um 1 i 4 = B05 Ww w _, BAsecks Be i ; Sy SER DEPARTMENT 3 Cia, oa i | $i a A) - i" ¥ cross the finish line in the first heat of the day, sirens blowing and lights flashing. wv oa Big Brothers Bed Race to be annual event . - » - Aching muscles, bruises and given to each of the keeping the crowd out of the street those responsible for od and sheer exhaustion about members of the winning Trace zone. This ended in crowd control are to be sums up the condition of teams, x one sell | girl poing hs Shuma for a job well , participants at the con- It was a gratifying day When a was unable to done. Sei % ievsesisaaes clusion of Scugog Big for the Scugog Big Brothers Steer clear after she wand: ...Joel.Aldréd; perched:aitop=: +: +: Brother's. first--aninual--bed ax the beds just kept rolling ered in the path of the bed. of the broadcast platform race. } in. Entries far exceeded The only other casualty' kept the spectators well Over thirty beds, and 150 the estimated dozen that the reported was a member of informed throughout the pushers, pullers and riders association had hoped for in one of the bed teams, who afternoon, announcing tore up Queen Street for early planning stages of the received a minor cut." With winners - and ~ other infor- about three hours on Mon' race, and the break-even the number of people on th (continued on page 9) - day in an effort to bring effort became a profitable 4... : ES Rodd 3a) aby A minal LL a Ly ¢ home thé honours; of being - one. : champions of this first When the beds started event, checking in at the I.G.A. .. When it was all over, a parking lot, they came in all team entered by Dowson's sizes and colours. There Red & White emerged the were beds with big wheels, winners, while in another small - wheels, = flashing heat; for the consolation, lights, horns, sirens, CB's, Port Perry 1.G.A. took the tape decks, full suspension, honours. fenders and a multitude of Medallions were awarded other ingenious devices. to the girls from the Royal They were painted, welded, 'Bank for the Most Valiant and tied together, and their Effort and to an entry from riders and pullers were Stevenson's Point Bedbugs dressed in everything from for the Most Original entry. _ nighties to snowmobile Gift certificates were also helmets. donated by local merchants Spectators lined the street, . ede a5 _from Lilla to Water St. and 8 % it is estimated that in excess of 2,000 people watched the race through- 3: out the afternoon. They + * lined the sidewalks, sat on rooftops, in trees and on top of cars along the entire POUL x re i rd At one point: during the races so many people crowded the street, - that police had a hard time a itidey BiseEy ired, omg The riders didn't get t SE